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Local Area Bus Routes
The latest local area bus routes & map can be downloaded below (pdf):
Unlimited bus travel in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for £5.00 with the Getting About Card.
Please note that the getting about card is only valid within Bournemouth Poole and Christchurch. The list below includes services which go outside the area. The getting about card in not able to be used to get to say Swanage, Wimborne or Lymington. The area bus map - link above indicates the specific area of validity.
Shoreline Connect 10 Service
Wimborne - Upton - Castlepoint
This service has been cancelled.
For further information on your chosen bus route, please select the appropriate bus company from the list (on left).
Bus Services Operating in Bournemouth, Poole & Surrounding Area
Service Number |
Description |
|---|---|
1 |
Route ONE Poole Town Centre Circular Service. Bus Station - Rail Station - Poole Park - Hospital - High Street - Quay - Baiter Park - Poole Quarter |
1a |
Bournemouth Square - Boscombe - Iford - Christchurch - Somerford |
1b |
Poole - Upper Parkstone - Westbourne - Bournemouth Square - Boscombe - Cranleigh Road - Tuckton - Christchurch - Somerford Estate - Somerford |
1c |
Poole - Upper Parkstone - Westbourne - Bournemouth Square - Boscombe - Southbourne - Tuckton - Christchurch - Somerford |
m1 |
Poole - Parkstone - Westbourne - Bournemouth Square - Station - Charminster - Castlepoint |
X1 |
Bournemouth - Hospital - Christchurch - Barton on Sea - New Milton - Milford on Sea - Everton - Lymington |
X2 |
Bournemouth - Hospital - Christchurch - Walkford - New Milton - Ashley - Pennington - Lymington |
2a |
Bournemouth Square - Station - Queens Park - Boscombe - Pokesdown - Iford - Bournemouth Hospital - Castlepoint - Moordown - Ensbury Park - Kinson |
2b |
Bournemouth Square - Station - Queens Park - Boscombe - Pokesdown - Iford - Bournemouth Hospital - Castlepoint - Moordown - Ensbury Park - East/West Howe - Kinson |
2c |
Bournemouth Square - Station - Queens Park - Boscombe - Pokesdown - Iford - Bournemouth Hospital - Castlepoint |
m2 |
Poole - Upper Parkstone - Westbourne - Bournemouth Square - Boscombe (Night buses extend to Iford) |
3 |
Poole - Broadstone - Wimborne (Alternate journeys via Merley or Corfe Mullen) |
3 |
Bournemouth Square - Station - Charminster - Castlepoint - Bournemouth Hospital |
4 |
Poole - Creekmoor - Waterloo Estate - Broadstone Broadway (Last journey extends to Corfe Mullen) |
4a |
Bournemouth Square - Station - Winton - Moordown - Northbourne - Kinson - Bearwood |
4b |
Bournemouth Square - Station - Winton - Moordown - Muscliffe - Castlepoint - Bournemouth Hospital |
5a |
Bournemouth Square - Station - Winton - Ensbury Park - Columbia Road - West Howe - Kinson |
5b |
Bournemouth Square - Station - Winton - Ensbury Park - Columbia Road - West Howe - Kinson |
m5 |
Poole - Oakdale - Canford Heath - Tollerford Road |
6 |
Bournemouth Square - Station - Winton - University - Wallisdown - Bearwood (Alternate Monday to Friday journeys terminate at Wallisdown) |
m6 |
Poole - Oakdale - Canford Heath - Tower Park |
7a 7b |
Tower Park - Alderney - Rossmore - Sea View - Upper Parkstone - Alder Parade - Talbot View or Bloxworth Estate (Alternate journeys) |
8 |
Poole - Creekmoor - Upton (Circular route via Blandford Road, Sandy Lane, Moorland Way & Dorchester Road) |
8 |
Alderney West - Alderney East - Rossmore Road - Albert Road - Upper Parkstone - St. Osmunds - Alton Road - Kings Avenue - Penn Hill - St. Osmunds - Upper Parkstone (Circular Service) |
X8 |
Poole - Sturminster Marshall - Spetisbury - Charlton Marshall - Blandford (One journey from/to Sturminster Newton) |
9 |
Poole - Poole Quay - Hamworthy - Lakeside - Turlin Moor |
11 |
Poole - Alderney - Bearwood |
11 |
Poole - Alderney - Bearwood - Kinson |
13 |
Bournemouth Square - Station - Winton - Moordown - Northbourne - West Parley - Ferndown - Canford Bottom - Colehill - Wimborne (Peak hour journeys extended to/from Merley) |
14 |
Poole - Sea View - Alderney - Bourne Estate - Alder Parade - Wallisdown - Canford Avenue - Kinson Baths - West Howe (Circular route in West Howe) |
15 |
Poole - Upper Parkstone - Alder Parade - Wallisdown - Bournemouth University - Winton - Moordown - Castlepoint - Bournemouth Hospital |
16 |
Poole - Sea View - Alderney - Bourne Estate - Alder Parade - Guest Avenue - Branksome - Westbourne - Bournemouth Square |
18 |
Bournemouth Square - Westbourne - Upper Parkstone - Sea View - Foxholes Estate - Canford Heath - Waterloo Estate - Broadstone - West Way |
20 |
Poole - Ashley Cross - Lilliput - Penn Hill - Westbourne - Bournemouth (Bourne Avenue) - Glenferness Avenue - Winton - Moordown - Castlepoint |
21 |
Bournemouth Square - Boscombe - Bournemouth Hospital - River Way - Fairmile - Christchurch - Burton |
22 |
Bournemouth - Ensbury Park - Slades Farm - Kinson - West Howe |
24 |
Alum Chine - Westbourne - Pier - Bournemouth Square - Station - Charminster Avenue - Castlepoint (Evenings and Sundays between Alum Chine & Station only) |
25 |
Boscombe - Winton - Ensbury Park - University |
26 |
Boscombe - Winton - University - Wallisdown - Alderney - Oakdale - Poole |
27 |
Poole - Alderney - Bearwood - Kinson |
29 |
Bournemouth - Station - Winton - Moordown - West Parley - Glenmoor Road - Ferndown - Tricketts Cross - West Moors (Some journeys via Ferndown Industrial Estate) |
31 |
Christchurch - Kings Avenue - Southbourne - Pokesdown - Boscombe |
32 |
Poole - Poole Hospital - Oakdale Christopher Crescent - Fleetsbridge Tesco - Steepleton Road - Broadstone - Merley - Bearwood - Kinson - Castlepoint - Bournemouth Hospital Throop - Bournemouth (Morning peak only) |
36 |
Bournemouth Square - Hospital - Ringwood - Verwood |
36A |
Bournemouth Square - Ringwood - Verwood - West Moors - Ferndown |
37 |
Poole - Alderney - Bear Cross - Longham - Ferndown - West Moors - Verwood |
36 |
Talbot View Estate - Surrey Road - Bournemouth - University - Wallisdown - West Howe - Kinson (Between Bournemouth and the University journeys alternate between Glenferness Avenue or Braidley Road, Charminster and Winton) |
39 |
Bournemouth - East Cliff - Boscombe - Queens Park - Kings Park - Littledown - Bournemouth Hospital |
40 |
Bournemouth - East Cliff - Boscombe Pier - Southbourne Overcliff - Hengistbury Head - Christchurch (Summer Service) |
40 |
Poole - Upton - Wareham - Corfe Castle - Langton Matravers - Swanage |
41 |
Throop - Castlepoint - Brackendale Road - Five Ways - Richmond Park Road - Bournemouth Station - Boscombe - Boscombe Pier |
49 |
Lytchett Minster - Hamworthy - Poole Quay - Lower Parkstone - Penn Hill - Westbourne - Bournemouth Pier |
50 |
Bournemouth Station - Square - West Cliff - Branksome Chine - Canford Cliffs - Sandbanks - Shell Bay - Swanage |
52 |
Poole - Pottery Road - Lilliput - Compton Acres - Canford Cliffs - Sandbanks |
152 |
Poole - Hamworthy - Rockley Park |
83 |
Shaftesbury - Blandford - Wimborne |
88 |
Wimborne Town Service (Some Saturday journeys operate to/from Ferndown, Castlepoint & Bournemouth Hospital) |
128 |
Poole - Sterte - Stanley Green - Christopher Crescent - Fleetsbridge Tesco - Sopers Lane - Creekmoor - Upton Country Park |
175 |
Christchurch - Burton - Bransgore - Sopley - Ringwood |
176 |
Christchurch - Burton - Bransgore - Burley - Ringwood |
347 |
Poole - Creekmoor - Upton - Lychett Matravers (One journey extends to/from Bere Regis) |
387 |
Poole - Hamworthy - Upton - Lychett Matravers - Bere Regis - Dorchester (Alternate journeys via Bloxworth or Winterbourne Kingston |
A1 |
Bournemouth Airport - Bournemouth Station - Bournemouth Centre (Circular route) |
U1 |
Bournemouth University - Cranborne House - Lansdowne - Boscombe - Pokesdown |
U2 |
Bournemouth University - Wallisdown - Branksome - Lower Parkstone - Poole |
U3 |
Bournemouth University - Ensbury Park - Winton - Springbourne - Lansdowne |
U4 |
Bournemouth University - Glenferness Avenue - Bournemouth - Westbourne |
V1 |
Verwood - Three Legged Cross - West Moors - Ferndown - Winton - Bournemouth Square - Westbourne - Lower Parkstone - Poole |
7 |
Sherborne - Blandford - Poole (Starts from Yeovil and extends to/from Bournemouth during summer school holidays) |
30 |
Wincanton - Gillingham - Blandford - Poole |
38 |
Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Ringwood - Bournemouth |
X53 |
Exeter - Bridport - Weymouth - Wool - Wareham - Poole |
314 |
Broadstone - Corfe Mullen - Blandford - Salisbury |
322 |
Milton Abbas - Lychett Matravers - Corfe Mullen - Wimborne - Poole |
324 |
Cranborne - Verwood - West Moors - Hurn Village - Castlepoint - Bournemouth - Boscombe - Southbourne - Christchurch |
329 |
Shaftesbury - Gillingham - Blandford - Fleetsbridge - Poole - Bournemouth (One journey via Tower Park) |
330 |
Poole - Blandford - Yeovil (Summer extends to Street & Glastonbury) |
Key |
Bus Company |
|---|---|
Route One operated for the Borough of Poole by Wilts & Dorset T. 01983 827005 |
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Transdev Yellow Buses T. 01202 636000 |
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More services operated by Wilts & Dorset T. 01983 827005 |
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Shamrock Buses T. 01202 621581 |
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Wilts & Dorset T. 01983 827005 |
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Damory Coaches T. 01258 452545 |
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Dolphin Coaches T. 01202 883134 |
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Nordcat T. 01258 472164 |
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Discover Dorset T. 01202 557007 |
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Verwood Bus T. 01202 825230 |
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| South West Coaches T. 01963 33124 | |
| Shaftesbury and District T. 01757 854359 | |
First Buses T. 0871 2002233 |
